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An agreement billed as the first of its kind promises to open up the personnel records of hundreds of members of the Oblates of OMI Lacombe Canada who worked in dozens of residential schools, files that could assist communities in seeking truth and identifying abusers.

Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) grand chief Cody Diabo used last week’s Assembly of First Nations (AFN) special chiefs’ assembly to challenge federal leaders to envision what a future relationship could look like between Kahnawake and Canada.

The Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK) wasn’t consulted about the Northvolt electric car battery plant because it couldn’t demonstrate the project would harm the community’s ability to practice “ancestral activities” on the land located in the Monteregie.  That’s according to a sworn statement sent to Quebec Superior Court in late November by a regional director employed by Quebec’s environmental ministry (MELCCFP).   “To the knowledge of the MELCCFP, no ancestral Aboriginal activities linked to hunting, trapping, gathering, harvesting medicinal plants, or ceremonial practices have been practiced on the Northvolt project site, at least since the industrial use of the site, which began in 1878,” Stéphanos Bitzakidis wrote.

Starting next month, families in owner-occupied households will be able to apply for grants of up to $40,000 to pay toward major home repairs.

The Canadian Human Rights Tribunal (CHRT) has ordered the federal government to immediately address a backlog of claims within the Jordan’s Principle program, in a 14-page decision released at the end of last week.

Council chiefs have decided their priorities for the next three years in office, following surveys carried out earlier this fall.

A group from the Kahnawake Environment Protection Office (KEPO) got the chance to visit the site of the future Northvolt facility earlier this month, marking its first-ever visit there since construction began in the winter.

The community can expect new social housing units after the Mohawk Council of Kanesatake (MCK) announced it has secured $1.4 million in government funding earmarked for housing in Indigenous communities.

The Court of Kahnawake is now one step closer to having its own judges following the release of two draft regulations to the community this week.  The court is currently presided over by a single justice of the peace.

A signing ceremony was hosted at the Kahnawake Peacekeepers’ station last Friday as part of a celebration of a historic probation agreement signed in March between the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake (MCK)